The Bulletin comes out each month to keep you informed about upcoming events in and around CERIS and the Metropolis Project, including seminars, conferences, public consultations, new research resources, and meetings of the Governance Board, its working committees and Partnership Advisory Council.
The deadline for information to be included in the next Monthly Bulletin is November 30, 2005.
v News from CERIS, CERIS Researchers, and Partners
v CERIS Seminars
v Public Events, Conferences & Announcements
v Call for Papers and Proposals
v CERIS Working Paper and Policy Matters Series
v CERIS Resource Centre: New Hours
v New Documents in the CERIS Resource Centre
v CERIS Virtual Library
v Internet Resources
***** CERIS MEETING *****
Friday, November 25, 2005 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. West, 7th Floor, Room 702
***** CERIS SEMINARS *****
IMMIGRANT INCORPORATION IN THE U.S. AND CANADA: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS
Date: Friday, November 4, 2005 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Ronald Schmidt, Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach;
Fulbright-Enders Visiting Research Chair at the Centre for International Studies, University of Montreal
How do the United States and Canada compare in relation to immigrant settlement policies? That is, what kinds of policies do each country's governments attempt to deploy in relation to helping international migrants get "settled" in their new surroundings? What kinds of rationales are offered by policy advocates in defense of their policy proposals? How do these advocates articulate the aims of immigrant settlement policy? What are their expectations regarding the impact of these policies on immigrant communities and on the country as a whole? Using critical discourse analysis, and an analytical framework centered on two sets of questions regarding each country's approach to immigrant settlement policy, Dr. Schmidt’s research project critically interrogates the rationales of policy advocates in relation to the public values of "justice" and the "public good." The seminar will provide an introduction to the project and a progress report.
Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St. George Subway Station, Bedford Road Exit)
RSVP: ceris.reception@utoronto.ca
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For previous seminar presentation materials, please visit the CERIS website at:
***** NEWS FROM CERIS, CERIS RESEARCHERS, AND PARTNERS *****
CERIS RESEARCH RETREAT
Date: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Room OI 4422, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
(252 Bloor Street West, Toronto)
The main purpose of the research retreat is for academics, policy makers and service providers to discuss current issues related to immigration and newcomer settlement. The annual retreat is an ideal opportunity for networking with other members of CERIS and for an exchange of ideas between different constituencies regarding research priorities. Please come prepared for an open discussion: what is needed/what are our priorities? What have we done/what gaps remain? Responses re: possibilities.
Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP by November 14 to: ceris.reception@utoronto.ca
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CERIS RESEARCH DOMAIN LEADER: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Deadline: November 16, 2005
Nominations are open for the role of CERIS Research Domain Leader. The Domain is a new creation in the area of citizenship, culture and religion. This Domain will replace the Housing and Neighborhoods Domain which is to be merged with the Community Domain. All CERIS affiliates are entitled to nominate candidates for the position. The working principle that guides Domain distribution is that they are equally shared among qualified faculty members of the three founding universities (Ryerson University, University of Toronto, and York University). Currently there is a vacancy from York University. Nominations should be sent to the CERIS office (ceris.office@utoronto.ca) no later than Wednesday November 16, 2005.
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EMPIRICAL COURSES ON MIGRATION – RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Winter 2006, Toronto
The EMPIRICAL Project is a series of undergraduate level courses on immigration and settlement issues developed by leading Canadian scholars. In the Winter 2006 term, Ryerson University will offer two of the EMPIRICAL courses through the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education:
CINT 914 Settlement
Experiences
This course examines the settlement processes experienced by
new immigrants and refugees. The course discusses the different forms of
resettlement, receptions, repatriation, social capital and human capital. It
will also discuss the theoretical approaches to citizenship, nationalism and
multiculturalism. The course introduces the intersection of race, gender, class
and citizenship. It reviews current debates regarding settlement policies and
services provided to different classes of immigrants.
Schedule: Tuesdays 6:00-9:00pm 10 January 2006 – 18 April 2006
CINT 915
Responses to Migration
The focus of the course will be on the determinants
of responses to migrants and migration through an examination of topics
including racism, the media, legal status, services available to newcomers,
education and credential recognition, and issues of housing discrimination. The
goals of this course are to familiarize students with factors known to
contribute to negative or positive responses to migrants and migration. In
addition students will learn to apply these factors to important practical
issues in a critical and reflective manner such as understanding trends over
time in migration attitudes and looking at present strategies that may be
utilized to improve responses to migrants and migration.
Schedule: Monday, February 20 – Friday,
February 24 8:30am – 6:00pm
(Offered as a one-week intensive course over Study Week)
Registration is now open for all continuing
education students for the Winter 2006 term. For further details and to learn
how to register online, please contact Ryerson Continuing Education:
Phone: 416-979-5035 Email:
ce@ryerson.ca
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THE SUMMER COURSE ON REFUGEE ISSUES – YORK UNIVERSITY
Dates: June 10 – 18, 2006
Location: Centre for Refugee Studies,
York University, Toronto
The Summer Course on Refugee Issues is an internationally acclaimed 8-day training for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration. The course involves a rigorous schedule of lectures, panels and discussions, and a simulation exercise. The course draws from academic and field-based experts for its faculty and, reflecting the mission of York’s Centre for Refugee Studies, serves as a hub for researchers, students, service providers and policy makers to share information and ideas.
A preliminary list of topics for the 2006 Summer Course includes:
- The convention refugee definition
- Cross-national comparisons of asylum policies
- The UNHCR
- The UN Human Rights Commission
- International and local advocacy networks and mechanisms
- Globalization and forced migration
- National borders and security policies
- Trafficking, smuggling, organized crime
- Public health responses to refugee crises
- Psychological care and psychosocial interventions
- Internally Displaced Persons
- Transnationalism and identity
- Repatriation and post-conflict reconstruction
- Sanctuary
Course Fee:
$850
After March 31, 2006:
$950
Sponsored applicants may be eligible for the $850 fee past March 31 if proof of
sponsorship is provided before this date. Fee includes course and all course
materials. Food and accommodation are not included. A limited number of tuition
subsides are available.
For further information and application
materials, visit:
www.yorku.ca/crs.
Contact: Irene Tumwebaze, Summer Course Coordinator
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Suite 315, York Lanes, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario MJ3 1P3
Phone: 416-736-5423 Email:
summer@yorku.ca
***** PUBLIC EVENTS, CONFERENCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS*****
Keynote address by Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts, Wilfrid Laurier University.
CERIS is committed to promoting collaboration and the collegial exchange of scholarly research on issues related to quality of life and the successful (re)settlement of immigrants and refugees. This symposium is an opportunity for graduate students throughout Ontario to present their research (completed and in progress) and network with academics, NGO personnel and policy professionals working in this field.
For further information, please contact
the CERIS Graduate Student Symposium Organizing Committee:
gradsym@yorku.ca
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NATIONAL ANTI-RACISM
COUNCIL OF CANADA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Dates: November 10-13, 2005 in Ottawa, Canada
2005 - the Twentieth
Anniversary Year of Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -
building a shared community-based anti-racism and anti-racialization agenda in
Canada - where to next?
Come and join policy advocates, community organizers, activists, funders,
academics and other researchers from across Canada as we together assess
Canada's Action Plan Against Racism (CAPAR) as well as share and develop
innovative tools, models, resources, strategies and opportunities for advancing
equitable anti-racism and anti-racialization public policy agendas and
initiatives in areas such as:
To register or for more information, visit the website
at:
www.narcc.ca
Phone: 416-979-3909 Email:
conference@narcc.ca
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2005, or until a suitable candidate is
found
Applications are invited from recent Ph.D. graduates to work with a leading, multidisciplinary international research team in a postdoctoral position as part of a major collaborative research initiative, Hidden Costs/Invisible Contributions: Marginalization of Dependent Adults. The purpose of the Hidden Costs/Invisible Contributions research program is to create a deeper understanding of the place in society of those individuals currently characterized as 'dependent'-specifically older adults and adults with chronic illness/disability. Please visit the project website for further information: http://www.hecol.ualberta.ca/HCIC/people.htm
Interested applicants from the social sciences, humanities, health and other relevant disciplines should submit an application consisting of a cover letter and curriculum vitae to:
Janet Fast Ph.D.
Professor, Human Ecology 3-02
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA, T6G 2N1
Email:
janet.fast@ualberta.ca
Fax: 780-492-4821
For further information, please contact Lori
Moran, Project Manager:
lori.moran@ualberta.ca
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WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES (WES) - CANADA
WES is introducing other new services this fall. In collaboration with ETS (Educational Testing Service) Canada, we will offer a combined on-line application, so that individuals who wish to apply for an evaluation of their credentials, as well as to register for an English language test, can do so through a single application.
In future, institutions that receive evaluations through our on-line AccessWES service, will have the option of also receiving electronic copies of the documents we have verified and evaluated. For the individual who is applying to a number of universities or colleges, this will save them the cost of having official documents sent to each institution.
You can request copies of WES'
brochure/application at:
http://www.wes.org/ca/BrochureRequestForm.pdf
For further information, please contact Kevin Kamal, Client Services Manager:
Phone: 416-972-0070 ext.25 Email: kkamal@wes.org
***** CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS *****
CEETUM – 8TH COLLOQUIUM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND
RECENT GRADUATES
Proposals must be submitted by December 2, 2005.
The notion of "ethnicity" comprises a multitude of realities and lived experiences. Understanding the complexity of ethnic relations requires a diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Graduate students and new researchers play a key role in introducing new approaches that will help provide a better understanding of issues in ethnic relations and contribute to the expansion of the existing body of knowledge. To facilitate the sharing of this knowledge, the Centre d'études ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM) will hold its 8th Colloquium for Graduate Students and Recent Graduates on Wednesday and Thursday 22-23 February, 2006, at the Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec.
Participation may take the form of either an oral presentation or a poster, in French or English. Oral presentations are limited to 20 minutes and will be followed by a 10 minute discussion period.
Proposals must be submitted by December 2, 2005, either via email: colloque-ceetum@umontreal.ca or by filling in the on-line submission form on the CEETUM web site: www.ceetum.umontreal.ca. Abstracts will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary scientific committee. All authors who have submitted a proposal will be contacted by December 16, 2005 at the latest.
All questions and requests for additional information may be sent by email to Géraldine Mossière, Conference Coordinator, at colloque-ceetum@umontreal.ca or call (514) 343-6111 ext.5695.
***** CERIS WORKING PAPER AND POLICY MATTERS SERIES *****
WORKING PAPER SERIES
Submissions to the Working Paper series, based on research in the fields of immigration and settlement studies, from faculty, graduate students, and members of community organizations are most welcome.
The current editor for the series is Dr. Michael Doucet, Department of Geography, Ryerson University, Email: mdoucet@ryerson.ca Phone: (416) 979-5000 ext. 6174 Fax: (416) 979-5362
Manuscripts, in both digital and hard copy form, should be sent to the editor in WordPerfect format, if possible. An abstract of 100 to 200 words and a list of key words must be provided with each manuscript. If accepted for publication, new Working Papers will be both printed and posted to the CERIS Virtual Library. The copyright for each Working Paper remains with the author(s).
Copies of recently published CERIS Working Papers may be
ordered through the CERIS Office at $10.00 each plus postage. Previously
published Working Papers can be downloaded from the Virtual Library on our
website:
http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/VLFrame_E.html
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POLICY MATTERS NO. 21
Race, Sport and Schooling
By Carl E. James
This issue is based on a study that examines the socially constructed definitions and boundaries of identifications of student athletes, drawing links between race and racialization, sport, schooling and the educational career aspirations of youth. It also looks at the role and influence of educators, coaches, and parents in students’ athletic lives.
The study reveals that while participation in sports can enhance a student’s academic performance, self-confidence, and involvement in school activities, it can also circumscribe students’ opportunities as well as sometimes function to foreclose the possibility of other avenues of academic, athletic, and career success.
For a more detailed analysis see: Carl E. James, Race in Play: Understanding the Socio-Cultural Worlds of Student Athletes. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 2005.
***** CERIS RESOURCE CENTRE: NEW HOURS *****
This is a reminder that the new hours for the CERIS Resource Centre are:
Wednesday 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Thursday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For further information, contact Rong Wu at 416-946-8825 or ceris.resourcecentre@utoronto.ca
***** NEW DOCUMENTS IN THE CERIS RESOURCE CENTRE *****
For a list of new documents in the CERIS Resource Centre, please go to: http://ceris.metropolis.net/research-policy/NewdocList/newdoc list.htm
*****CERIS VIRTUAL LIBRARY*****
Please go to: http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/VLFrame_E.html
***** INTERNET RESOURCES *****
GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
The final report of the Global Commission on
International Migration is now available online at:
http://www.gcim.org/en/finalreport.html
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CANADIAN SOCIAL TRENDS RELEASE
Statistics Canada announces the release of the Autumn 2005 issue of Canadian Social Trends. The key article "South Asians in Canada: Unity through diversity," available free on line, uses data from the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey and the 2001 Census to profile the South Asian community, one of Canada's most diverse visible minority groups. South Asians are the second largest visible minority group in Canada, and one of the fastest growing. It is one of the most unified communities in terms of the value they attach to family interaction and the preservation of customs.
To view the complete article
for free:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/studies/11-008/feature/stspecial.pdf
The Autumn 2005 issue of Canadian Social Trends (11-008-XPE, 11-008-XIE) is now available: http://www.statcan.ca/english/ads/11-008-XPE/current.htm
To order: http://www.statcan.ca/english/ads/11-008-XIE/order.htm
Call toll free: 1-800-267-6677 Fax toll free: 1-877-287-4369 Email: infostats@statcan.ca
Statistics Canada Web site
at
http://www.statcan.ca
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** Newcomer Investor Education Kit: Investing Guide for
Newcomers to Ontario **
A series of 5 guides to help newcomers to Ontario better understand the
investment environment and what it means to invest money in Canada. Available
in English, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/guides_detail.asp?faq_id=4000671
** What do I need to know about parenting in Canada? **
This new resource article from Settlement.Org provides links to some very useful
resources created by settlement agencies working with families and children's
social services agencies.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000679
** Do I need to apply for my Permanent Resident
card? **
All newly arriving immigrants will receive the card as part of the immigration
process.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000416
** How can I find information about salaries? **
Salary information about Canadian jobs is not easy to find in all jobs, but many
professions have some information about salary ranges.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000431
Please visit www.settlement.org for more information and helpful resources.
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The Toronto CERIS office: Tel. 416-946-3110 Fax
416-971-3094
The York CERIS office: Tel. 416-736-5223 Fax 416-736-5752 Email:
ceris@yorku.ca
Visit the CERIS Website:
http://ceris.metropolis.net
Visit the York CERIS Website:
http://www.yorku.ca/ceris
Visit the National Metropolis Website:
http://canada.metropolis.net
If you would like to add an event to the listings in the Bulletin, please forward the complete information to Julie Young at the Toronto CERIS office by fax or email: ceris.reception@utoronto.ca
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